Banbha
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Banbha, wife of Mac Cuill, chief of the T. D. D., from whom Ire.
was called Banbha, I. 100, II. 82, 84; sl. by Caicher, II. 94;
buried at Cruachain, II. 350; rt,. I. 218, 222, 224.
Banbha, according to the Book of Drom Sneachta, the first maiden who occupied Ire. before the Deluge and from whom it is called Banbha, I. 140.
Banbha, (now often Banba), name of Ireland, supposed to be derived from Banbha, w. of Mac Cuill (q.v.), I. 100, 108, 138, 140, 192, 196; II. 112 (Ard-bhanbha), 156, III. 262; said by the Book of Drom Sneachta to be derived from the name of the first maiden who occupied Ire. before the Deluge who was called Banbha, I. 140.
Banbha, according to the Book of Drom Sneachta, the first maiden who occupied Ire. before the Deluge and from whom it is called Banbha, I. 140.
Banbha, (now often Banba), name of Ireland, supposed to be derived from Banbha, w. of Mac Cuill (q.v.), I. 100, 108, 138, 140, 192, 196; II. 112 (Ard-bhanbha), 156, III. 262; said by the Book of Drom Sneachta to be derived from the name of the first maiden who occupied Ire. before the Deluge who was called Banbha, I. 140.
Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn: The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating D.D. Part IV, containing the Genealogies, Synchronisms with an Index, which includes the elucidation of place names and annotations to the text of Vols. I, II and III. Editor: Patrick S. Dinneen.